Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard

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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. schreiberi
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus schreiberi
Boulenger, 1878
Synonyms [2]
  • Acanthodactylus savignyi var. schreiberii
    Boulenger, 1878
  • Acanthodactylus schreiberi
    — Boulenger, 1887

Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. [1] The species is endemic to Cyprus.

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Etymology

Both the specific name, schreiberi, and the common name, Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836-1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875). [3]

Geographic range

A. schreiberi is endemic to Cyprus. [1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are sandy shores, pastureland, and plantations. [1]

Reproduction

A. schreiberi is oviparous. [2]

Conservation status

A. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss because of residential and commercial development. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bowels, P. (2024). "Acanthodactylus schreiberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T222350753A207990075. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 Species Acanthodactylus schreiberi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus schreiberi, p. 238).

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